Fence



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S. B. SMITH.

FENCE.

No. 269,892. Patented Jan. 2, 1883.

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SIDNEY B. SMITH, KIRKSVILLE, MISSOURI.

FENCE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 269,892, dated January 2, 1883.

Application filed June 13, 1882.

To all whom it may concern: Be it known that I, SIDNEY B. SMITH, a citi zen ot' the United States, iesiding at Kirksville, in the county of Adair and State of Missouri, have invented certain new and useful lmprovementsiu Fences; and I dohereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact desciiption, of my invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which itappertains to made and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters or figures of reference marked thereon, which form a part of thisspecilication. The object of my invention is to provide a simple, durable, and inexpensive portable panel-fence of wire or boards that may be readily removed from place to place, and yet when properly put down shall be sti onger than ordinary fences.

Tothis end my invention consistsprincipally in makingthepanels of ordinarylength, with light posts the height of the. panels, and in joining the panels together by a wire loop on the end of a stay thrown over the two end posts brought together, while the lower end of the stay is fastened to the ground by another wire loop on the lower end ot'thestay, having a. shouldered peg or stake driven through it, the bottom of the end posts being also joined by a similar wire loop passing around both posts and engaging with a shouldered peg or stake driven into the ground instead of driving the posts. The middle posts mayalso be stayed by my plan, it desired, and wire fences may also be stayed longitudinally in a similar manner. The invention will be pointed out in the claim.

Referring to the drawings,Figure l is a view of the two end posts of the panels brought together, showing the loop and peg at the bottom and the loop and stay at the top, also the peg and loop fastening the stay to the ground. Fig. is a perspective View of the stay, showing the loops at top and bottom.

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Similar letters of reference indicate like parts in the several views.

A and B are the posts,notched and secured togetherat the bottom ends by loop 6 and stake f, as shown, post A having also a block or projection, a, at the top to engage with the upper end of the stay.

0 is the stay. having wire loops 00, secured to its respective ends in any suitable manner, the loop 0 passing over and holding the upper ends of the two posts together, and the loop a passing over the short shouldered stake or peg (I. able panels, and the same secured together and to the ground in a. similar manner.

From the foregoing description it is obvious that this fence may be readily removed by drawing the stakes or pegs, and may be as readily reset at any suitable place by bringing the posts together and driving the stakes.

It is also obvious that the durability of the fence is greatly increased, as the posts are not driven into the ground to decay, and make the fence worthless beforethe upper portion has served its time, the stays only requiring to be renewed from time to time.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Iatent, is-

In a portable fence, the overlapping panelposts A and B, wire loop 6, and single-notched stake, d, in combination with block a, wire 0, supporting stay 0, wire loop a, and notched stake d, substantially as and for the purpose specified.

In testimony whereofI affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

0. B. OLDHAM, E. S. LINK.

Wire fences may also be made in port 

